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Every one of us has a role to play in the battle against coronavirus. Social distancing is an essential part of slowing the spread of COVID-19 and saving lives #coronavirus #COVID19

It has been a challenging week in Community Pharmacy. A huge thank you to all members of the pharmacy team for your hard work and dedication, in providing an invaluable service to your community, when they needed it most. Thank - you.

We are continually updating our website with information about #covid19 - please check for info about your terms and conditions here: beta.bma.org.uk/advice-and-sup…

BMA members: please note that due to #COVID19 our member support services are experiencing longer wait times than normal. If your query is about Covid-19, please see our online guidance in the first instance: fal.cn/378XK

Full statement from the minister here @TomblackBlack @AlanStout19 @DrAnneCarson @JuniorDoctorNI @Carcair1

Good to see this statement from @healthdpt today “working to significantly increase our testing capacity, so that we can support testing of health and social care workers.” Need to get medics who are fit to work out there seeing patients.

COVID-19 will stress health care workers physical and psychological wellbeing so remember Civility Kindness and Fairness when dealing with colleagues.

BMA Northern Ireland general practitioners committee welcomes suspension of primary care performance payment system from today in light of the escalating COVID-19 crisis. This will free-up GPs time to treat patients. Read more - bma.org.uk/news/media-cen…

In the coming days we will consider our full response to today’s announcement and will update our website accordingly, including the BMA Goldstone Pension Modeller so you can be clear on what this might mean for you beta.bma.org.uk/pay-and-contra…

Today's announcement of an increase in the threshold income to £200,000 demonstrates that the Government has heeded the warnings from BMA and finally taken account of the evidence we have presented. The vast majority of our members will no longer be paying to go to work #pensions

FYI any of our members who were registered to attend. The #WiMINBelfast20 conference has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.

First business at today’s meeting to elect @AlanStout19 as the new NIGPC chair with Frances O’Hagan and David Ross as deputies. Congratulations to @TomblackBlack for six highly successful years as Chair!

GPs in Northern Ireland have welcomed a funding increase as a ‘first step’ in dealing with the crisis in the specialty fal.cn/4BDw

Give yourself and your team #thegiftof5 during your break to unwind. Try our previews from @Headspace fal.cn/headspace

Practice Based Pharmacist (PBP) scheme should be celebrated as 'rare good news story' in primary care #LMCNI2017

Again, absence of NI gov't referred to as major barrier to addressing GP issues, one of which is the affects of waiting lists #LMCNI2017

Half GP practices in Fermanagh have disappeared this year with practice mergers & closures all six counties, says @TomblackBlack #LMCNI2017

Consultations down by 500k over last 2years due to #GPinCrisis. Prescriptions, admin etc increase, says @TomblackBlack #LMCNI2017

GPs hard at work trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Chair of LMC NI @OHaganFrances begins the autumn #LMCNI2017 in Belfast. #GPinCrisis @BMA_GP